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Theater

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Collected materials, 1912-1984

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3775 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Materials include newspaper clippings, theatre programs, and pamphlets collected by various family members. Newspaper clippings include news about the family weddings, and articles on Louis, Gertrude, and L. Howard Marcus. Contains materials in Danish. Dated 1912-1984.

Dates: 1912-1984

Dean Jagger papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 60
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, photographs, scripts, tape recorded interviews with transcriptions, publicity material and production stills relating to Mr. Jagger's show business career. While material on most films is limited to a still or a press clipping, the bulk of the collection covers the years 1934-1965 and more comprehensively documents major theater performances and the motion pictures "Brigham Young" (1940), "Western Union" (1941), and "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949). The...
Dates: 1905-1974

Pamphlets and programs, 1914-1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 3775 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include theatre programs, pamphlets, schedules, and magazines collected by various family members. Dated 1914-1949.

Dates: 1914-1949

Sy's girl

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233616553]
Identifier: MSS 8053
Scope and Contents

Contains a manuscript of the play Sy's Girl, in which 20-year-old Moira has created an imaginary boyfriend, Sy, to cope with her family problems. She eventually must choose between him and another man that enters her life, 1999.

Dates: 1999

Theodore Fuchs correspondence, 1929-1976

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 125 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains Theodore Fuchs' personal correspondence to and from friends, business associates, and former students, all predominantly theatre-oriented. Correspondence after 1951 reflects his deeper involvement in engineering-consulting subsequent to his resignation as Director of the Northwestern University Theatre that year. Especially covered in the latter years are letters from past students needing information and guidance in their encounters with poorly-equipped stages. The business...
Dates: 1929-1976